Comparison

Weather vs Windy.com

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Weather

Get detailed weather forecasts, including hourly and 10-day outlooks for temperature, precipitation, and wind. Explore weather patterns with interactive maps and receive timely alerts for severe conditions. Track air quality, sun and moon cycles, and historical trends to plan ahead.

Highlights
  • Hourly and 10-day forecasts
  • Severe weather alerts
  • Interactive weather maps
  • Precipitation and wind tracking
  • Air quality information
  • Sun and moon tracking
  • Historical weather trends
Features
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Weather keeps you informed about conditions including temperature, rain, snow, and wind. Check out the forecast by the hour for the next ten days. Use maps to help you explore weather patterns in your area. Stay notified about upcoming adverse conditions. With iCloud your favorite locations are always synced and easily accessible whether you’re on your Mac, your iPad, your Apple Watch, or on your iPhone. Features Forecasts Quickly check current and forecasted conditions by the hour for the next 10 days for temperature, wind, humidity, dew point, feels like temperature, UV index, barometric pressure, and visibility. Stay aware of adverse conditions through severe weather alerts. Follow precipitation intensity over the next hour by the minute. Get more clarity about the weather at your location through relevant news articles. Locations Search for the weather at any location and save your favorites. Conveniently check the weather at your favorite locations on your iPhone, your iPad, or your Mac. Weather Maps Track the path and intensity of storms for the next-hour by the minute or for the next 12 hours through animated maps of precipitation. Observe wind patterns including direction and speed for the next 24 hours through an animated wind map visualization. Explore maps that depict how conditions such as temperature and air quality vary near you. Notifications Receive notifications when rain or snow is about to start or stop, or for severe weather events such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and flash floods. Air Quality Stay informed about the current level of air quality, how it compares to yesterday, as well as relevant health recommendations. Historical Trends Plan your future travels and events using visualizations of seasonal averages of temperature and precipitation conditions. Sun and Moon Track today’s sunrise and sunset times, and comprehensive details about daylight. Learn about today’s moon phase, and moonrise and moonset times. Tap to see more intricate details such as the next full moon, and current illumination level as well as a full lunar calendar. More ways to view Weather See the forecast at a glance by adding Weather widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Track the weather on-the-go from your Apple Watch. Ask Siri questions such as “What’s the weather like today?”, “How windy is it out there?” or “What time is sunrise in Paris?” Some features available for select countries or regions.

About

Windy.com

This app offers advanced weather forecasting with over 50 detailed maps and 15 weather models, including live radar, satellite imagery, and hurricane tracking. It provides customizable alerts for storms, wind, and snow, making it ideal for outdoor activities and aviation.

Highlights
  • Live weather radar & satellite
  • Over 50 weather maps
  • 15+ weather models
  • Hurricane tracker
  • Customizable weather alerts
  • Aviation-specific forecasts
  • Air quality index
Features
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A UNIQUE WEATHER FORECAST VISUALISATION While most weather forecasting apps rely solely on free global models, Windy has gone a step further by investing heavily in the most accurate weather models available, always at the highest possible resolution, to deliver you the most accurate forecasts in the world. LIVE WEATHER APP - WEATHER RADAR & SATELLITE (Now with Precipitation Type & Lightning tracker) Radar is a highly valued tool for weather forecasting. To provide you with the most accurate radar imagery, we constantly expand our resources so that rain, snow, and storms don't catch you by surprise. Trusted radar sources include NOAA, Met Office, Météo France, DWD, JMA, IMD, BoM & more. The global satellite composite is created from NOAA, EUMETSAT & Himawari data. MORE THAN 50 WEATHER MAPS - Rain radar, Satellite and a unique combined layer of Radar & Satellite images (blue, infrared, visible) - Hurricane tracker, Weather warnings & Extreme forecast - Wind forecast: Wind speed, Wind gusts & Accumulation, models comparison, data from live Weather stations - Temperature: Humidity, Pressure, Dew point, live data from Weather stations - Rain: Thunder & storms, Rain accumulation, Thunderstorms, Precipitation type, CAPE-index - Aviation: Clouds, Cloud tops, Cloud base, Visibility (LIFR, IFR, MVFR, VFR), Fog, Icing, Clear air turbulence, Thermals, Freezing altitude - Marine Forecast: Waves, Swell, Wave power, Tide forecast, Currents, Sea temperature - Solar activity: Solar power, UV index, Wet-bulb temperature - Snow: Snow depth, New snow, Snow density - Air Quality: Air Quality Index (AQI) with Pollen (CAMS), NO2, PM 2.5, Aerosol, SO2, Ozone layer, Surface ozone, CO concentration, Dust mass - Soil moisture, Moisture anomaly, Drought intensity, Fire Danger, Fuel moisture MORE THAN 15 WEATHER MODELS Global weather models: - meteoblue - AI forecast - ECMWF - GFS by NOAA - ICON by DWD Local weather models: - HRRR by NOAA - NAM by NOAA - HRDPS by MSC - ICON-EU by DWD - ICON-D2 by DWD - UKV by Met Office - AROME-HD by Météo France - ALADIN by CHMI - NEMS by meteoblue - MSM by JMA - ACCESS-C by BoM LIVE RAIN, STORM ALERTS & CUSTOM WEATHER ALERTS Want to know before the storm hits near you while you hike, bike or spend time outdoors? You can now access live weather alerts or set up your custom weather alert for wind, sunshine, or new snow. HURRICANE TRACKER FOR STORM TRACKING With Windy's hurricane tracker, you can track the past and projected path of a hurricane or a storm. Windy doesn't rely on just one hurricane model, but will give you all the forecasts available for a storm or hurricane. WINDY MADE FOR PILOTS - 16 altitude levels from the surface to 13.5km/FL450 - 50k+ Airports searchable by ICAO and IATA, including runway info, decoded & raw METAR, TAF & NOTAMs - Detailed Airgram and Meteogram: temperature and dew point, wind speed and wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, altitude cloud cover, freezing altitude - Thermals forecast - Route planner WINDY MADE FOR OUTDOOR SPORTS, SURF & BOATING - 67K+ global webcams - Summer & winter outdoor topographic maps by Mapy.com - 4.5K+ Surfing spots - 12.1K+ Paragliding spots - 4.3K+ Kiting spots - Boating tide forecast - Sun & Moon tracker - Plugins with buoy data WINDY AS A WEATHER WIDGET ON YOUR DEVICE Get the weather now on your iPhone, MacOS, iPad, CarPlay & Apple Watch, from forecast, Radar, METAR, Weather stations & Wind, ready for your travels and outdoor sports. WINDY PREMIUM — FORECAST LIKE A PRO - 1-hour & 15-day outlook with 4–6× daily updates - Radar/Satellite 24h loops & 1-year archives - More maps (Tide Forecast) - Model comparison to find the best model Terms of Use: https://account.windy.com/agreements/windy-terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://account.windy.com/agreements/windy-privacy-policy GET IN TOUCH Join us on social media or at community.windy.com to discuss weather-related topics, report bugs, or suggest a new feature. Contact us directly at info@windy.com.

Screenshots

Weather3 screens
Windy.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

Weather and Windy.com both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Windy.com's written reviews are positive against 50% of Weather's. Windy.com also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and chart position (#6 vs unranked). Weather's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (1.9M vs 80K). On price, rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Windy.com sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Weather asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Weather against 4.8 for Windy.com. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weather has 1.9M ratings behind it against 80K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Weather's written reviews are positive against 89% of Windy.com's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weather ships an update every 4 months, Windy.com every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Weather versus Windy.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeatherWindy.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.9M ratings)4.8 (80K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews89.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9M — better80K
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#6 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB173 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleWindyty, SE

Customer experience

Weather

All ratings1,850,902 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews7,285 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative41.8%

Windy.com

All ratings79,762 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews3,871 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative8.0%

User reviews

Weather

From 1.9M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Beautiful and modern design
  • 📊 Detailed weather information
  • 🌍 Global weather coverage
  • 🔍 Helpful weather alerts

Room to improve

  • ❌ Inaccurate weather forecasts
  • ⏱️ Slow to update weather data
  • 🌧️ Inconsistent rain/snow predictions
  • 🤔 Confusing user interface

Windy.com

From 80K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌊 Accurate weather forecasts
  • 🌍 Comprehensive global coverage
  • 🔍 Detailed weather data and models
  • 🛥️ Useful for marine/sailing activities
  • 🛫 Valuable for aviation planning

Room to improve

  • 🤯 Overwhelming number of features and options
  • 🔍 Small text and cluttered interface on mobile
  • 🤖 Occasional app crashes or stability issues
  • 💰 Paywall for some advanced features
  • 🌐 Lack of offline functionality

Bugs and requests

Weather

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Location detection issues
  • Crashes and freezes on some devices
  • Delayed weather notifications

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add hourly precipitation details
  • Integrate weather history and time machine
  • Improve radar map visualization
  • Allow more customization options

Windy.com

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Map dragging issues on newer iPhone models
  • Inconsistent temperature display units
  • Premium features not always working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add weather front data on isobar charts
  • Improve font size and layout for better readability
  • Provide option to hide webcams or certain layers
  • Implement weather warning notifications
  • Add support for Apple Watch and other wearables

In-app purchases

None

Weather

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Windy.com

Subscriptions4
  • Donate 3 EUR/USD a month$2.991 Month
  • Windy Premium$2.991 Month
  • Donate 6 EUR/USD a month$5.491 Month
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  • Windy Premium2 variants$24.991 Year
One-time5
  • Donate approx 5 EUR/USD$4.99
  • Donate approx 10 EUR/USD$9.99
  • Donate approx 20 EUR/USD$19.99
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  • Windy Premium$29.99
  • Donate approx 50 EUR/USD$49.99

Questions

Is Weather free?
Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Windy.com free?
Windy.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Weather or Windy.com?
Windy.com is rated higher. Weather averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.9M ratings, while Windy.com averages 4.8 from 80K ratings.
Do Weather or Windy.com have ads?
Neither Weather nor Windy.com shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weather or Windy.com?
Weather ships an update every 4 months, and Windy.com every 3 weeks. Most recently, Weather was updated on October 22, 2026 and Windy.com on October 22, 2026.

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